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he Centre for Development and Peace Studies,
Guwahati, has undertaken various activities,
including research, impact studies, seminars
and workshops, since the beginning of the Centre.
The major activities undertaken by the Centre
includes:
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Organized
a Talk titled India-Bangladesh Relations:
Beyond Barriers which was delivered
by His Excellency Tariq Ahmed Karim,
High Commissioner of Bangladesh to
India, on 7 April 2010 in Guwahati.
The talk was followed by a brainstorming
interactive session. Participants
included economists, industrialists,
academics, administrative officers,
police officers, senior journalists,
social activists, etc. |
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Organized
a Round Table of civil society leaders
from North Cachar Hills and Karbi
Anglong districts in Guwahati on March
13, 2010. The conference called upon
the government to put the process
of peace talks with various militant
groups in the area on a first track
and said the authorities to set a
time bound action plan to bring about
an acceptable solution to the problems
in the two districts. The round table
was titled ‘Dialogue: Road to
Peace in Assam’s Hill Districts’.
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Social
Audit of Numaligarh Refinery Ltd.'s
Corporate Social Responsibility Programme
was done during November 2009- March
2010. Project was commissioned by
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. |
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Organized
an interface on “Police-Media
Relations” at Guwahati on
July 19, 2009. The Interface was
inaugurated by the Assam Chief Minister
Tarun Gogoi and attended by police
officers, journalists, peace and
security experts, and others from
around Northeast India and outside. |
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Study
on the Socio-political and Economic
Impact of Extremism in five Northeastern
and three Naxalite affected states
begins from June 1, 2009. The project
duration is one-and-a-half-year. The
project is commissioned by Bureau
of Police Research and Development,
Government of India. |
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Organized
a two-day national workshop on the
subject “Can Political Science
Be a Tool To Understand and Resolve
Conflicts? The Case of India’s
Northeast” at Guwahati on
March 16 and 17, 2009. The workshop
was inaugurated by the Governor
of Arunachal Pradesh Gen. (retd.)
J. J. Singh and the British Deputy
High Commissioner to Eastern India
Mr. Simon Wilson. It was attended
by political scientists from around
Northeast India and outside, peace
and security experts, journalists
and others. |
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Conducted
a study on the status of out of school
children who have joined mainstream
school after the bridge course programme
under Sarva Shiksha Abhijan (SSA)
Mission, Assam. The study (conducted
between October 2008 - February 2009)
was commissioned by SSA, Assam. |
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Observed
the International Day of Peace or
World Peace Day on September 21,
2008. Peace and social activists
including noted Gandhian Natwar
Thakkar, former insurgent leaders,
academics, journalists and development
experts attended a round-table in
Guwahati organized by CDPS to mark
the occasion in the backdrop of
insurgency and ethnic strife afflicting
India’s Northeast and the
efforts by the government and non-government
agencies at peace-making. |
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Held
a two-day National Workshop on the
theme 'Identity & Development:
Twin Challenge's in India's Northeast'
at Guwahati on January 28-29, 2008.
The Workshop was inaugurated by
Assam Chief Minister Mr Tarun Gogoi
in presence of British Deputy High
Commissioner to Eastern India Mr
Simon Wilson. |
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During
2006, the CDPS Director Mr Wasbir
Hussain edited the seminar papers
(seminar held frm December 19-21)
and thebook Order in Chaos: Essays
on Conflict in India’s North
East and the Road to Peace in South
Asia was released at a function
held in hotel Belle Vue on December
30, 2006. The book was released
by Mr R N Mathur, IPS, DG, Vigilance
and Civil Defence. |
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CDPS
also conducted a Social Audit of
the Community Development Programme of Numaligarh
Refinery Limited between March and
July 2006. The study was commissioned
by NRL. |
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During
2005-2006, the Centre conducted
a survey on Women Entrepreneurs
in the North East. The study was
commissioned by Indian Institute
for Entrepreneurship, Guwahati. |
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The
Centre held a three-day-long Seminar
in Guwahati titled ‘Road to
Peace in South Asia: Learning from
the Neighbourhood’ in collaboration
with the British Deputy High Commission,
Kolkata, from December 19-21, 2005.
The seminar was inaugurated by Chief
Minister, Assam.
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A three part project on Impact of Self-Help Groups in
Assam was done by the Centre in 2005
and the reports were submitted to
SIRD, Assam. |
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In February 2005, CDPS conducted an
impact study on Regional SARAS 2005,
Guwahati (Assam), targeting the Participating
SHGs (Self Help Groups). The study
was commissioned by the State Institute
for Rural Development (SIRD), Assam. |
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On January 11, 2005, a seminar was held
in collaboration with Delhi Policy
Group. The topic of the seminar
was, Comprehensive Nature of Security.
It was inaugurated by the Chief
Minister, Assam. |
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A Round Table discussion on October 16,
2004 on the topic on ‘Breaking
the Deadlock on the Road to Peace
in Assam’ at hotel Belle Vue,
Guwahati. |
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